Victernus Edge of Awareness Book 1 eBook Luke D Gonzalez Krystal O'Brien
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Victernus is a sci-fi novel about a scientist who tries to escape humanity in an effort to find something that was lost to him when he was very young. His efforts are met with extreme resistance, and he and his companions are forced to fight against a corrupt society and government to make any sort of progress. But, when the hate between both sides grows too strong, is there anyone who can stop a full-scale war against the people of Earth?
The book is accompanied by a full orchestral soundtrack, which may be found here.
After receiving feedback from the community at large, please note that the author has decided to rewrite this book and its soundtrack, to be released again later as "Kadamitas." Unfortunately, the book was written under the influence of a conservative family clouded by conspiracy theories and psuedoscience, which made Baumarius (aka Lucas Masoch) reluctant to put the real reason he wrote this book into the book itself. Thus, its larger meaning was lost. Having escaped from his family, he now hopes to make Victernus a shadow of what Kadamitas will be - please keep these things in mind if you decide to read this book. If you'd like to keep tabs on it, he will announce his progress on Youtube when it is ready. Thanks!
Victernus Edge of Awareness Book 1 eBook Luke D Gonzalez Krystal O'Brien
To say the least book was quite a unique read. I'll break this review into a few categories and then sum it up. There is a tl:dr (summary) paragraph at the bottom.Characters:
Usually the characters of a book tend to be my favorite part of a book. Learning about new characters, and their lives and learning to understand and empathize with the hero and even the villain is often my favorite part. Namara was a very interesting character from the onset. One who would turn himself into a wolf to bring himself closer to understanding his concept of true happiness is quite a setup for a character. Very intriguing and it really made me wonder where he would take the story. What he would do? And herein lies a problem I had with this book. After Namara's initial bold decision, he basically makes hardly any decisions afterwards. This confused me, and it was disappointing. He is the one with the vision of what needs to be, and yet he is usually at the mercy of other characters. He is rarely the one making the plan or the one in command. In fact, he is often out of the loop. He does very little to drive the story forward. His friends drive most of the story, which would be ok if the story allowed me to get to know them, but it didn't. I barely understood them throughout the book. In fact, his friends made some of the most nonsensical decisions and Namara often just goes along with it, while I the reader am like, why would you go with that option, there were some better options that the characters themselves listed, and yet they went with the most ridiculous option without any explanation, and Namara just goes along with it with no questions asked. Throughout much of the story, the main character simply felt like a puppet of his friends, being manipulated. At a certain point, I even thought his friends had a conspiracy against him because they were making decisions and doing things that made so little sense that I felt there must be some ulterior motive behind what they are doing. In the end, there wasn't. In the end, Namara was largely led along by the story being pushed from one set of events to the next, through little to no fault or decision of his own. Much of it simply happened to him, and he just goes along with it all. Which is disappointing being that he seemed like a character with such potential. There is not a lot to say about the friends of Namara because they were hardly developed. The villain Lynn, was the next most developed character, and he was for the most part uninteresting. Basically, he seemed to be a villain for the sake of being evil. He seemed to have the hint of some underlying motives (perhaps a love for science, maybe it was greed that drove him), but they aren't developed or explained much, so it is a bit hard to say. Otherwise, the rest of the characters are quite bland or simply undeveloped due to little time being spent to get to know them. They mostly seemed to be mechanisms that were used to push the story along. Such as Theo who evidently is prepared for anything and everything, and could create any piece of technology he wanted on a moment's notice, and yet although being the Batman of science, he makes ridiculous mistakes such mixing up a crucially important syringe. This made the character Theo feel uncohesive as a character. It was hard to believe that a character such as this would still make a mistake like that, which makes him simply feel like a story mechanism created to enable the main character do the things required of him by the story. Not that I have an issue with characters being used as story mechanisms, but even such characters should be cohesive, believable characters, especially if they are going to be such a crucial and recurring character. In which case, I would hope to get to learn more about and understand recurring characters that are playing such a major part in the story. I felt that some of the characters started out interesting, but then they were simply not developed. I felt I understood the side characters very little by the end of the book, and I barely understood the main character either.
Story:
There was a lot to it, and there was a lot going on, but it felt a bit rushed at times. The story seemed to jump around quite a bit from setting to setting. Not staying too long in one place or another. By the time I felt like I understood a setting, the story was already moving to a new setting. And this brings me to one of my main issues. The main character played very little role in driving the story forward. He made very few decisions, and did little more than follow the others characters ideas or simply go along with the course of events, usually responding rather than acting on his own prerogative. The story often felt like a series of events cause by his friends or plot mechanisms that the main character had little control over. In fact, many of the characters themselves felt like plot mechanisms simply put in place to move the story to the desired point. In addition, the story seemed to make use of a few too many deus ex machinas. There were multiple moments where the main character is saved from peril due to no effort on his own part but simply as a part of the sequence of events and action of other characters that he had little control over. I must say that the story did have some very interesting points, but they weren't really developed upon. My favorite part was the first few chapters. It hinted at so much potential. The world sounded so interesting, and it was interesting to learn more about it as the story went on. Overall, I was not impressed with the story, but I was definitely intrigued by its potential.
World Building:
Now this aspect definitely caught my interest. The world/worlds the author built for this story were quite interesting. Most notably, the near future version of Earth. It was quite an interesting dystopian portrayal of a future Earth. I was quite intrigued and wanted more and more details. It was quite a satisfying world that clearly had detail throughout and had been quite thought out. Unfortunately, the setting changes so often that you barely get your feet wet before having to move to a new and totally different but still very interesting setting, but nonetheless, I wish more time was spent in the individual settings. The world definitely has some very good potential for the telling of some interesting stories, but the individual settings need to be fleshed out a bit more so the reader can get more than a superficial understanding and feel of it.
Overall (tl:dr):
The book portrays a setting with a lot of potential for future storytelling. In fact, one of the big issues is that the book left me wanting more. More story, more details, more understanding, more time in each setting, more time getting to know each of the characters. The story moved through the events and settings too quickly for me to get a good understanding of the settings and characters. If felt like they needed to be developed more. Most importantly, the characters needed more development. Some of the characters, especially the main character, had a lot of potential, and initially, I found them intriguing, and wanted to know more about them, but the details simply weren't provided despite there being ample opportunity to provide more details. The story also showed a lot of potential with so many elements that could have been developed further as part of the plot, but it needed more time to develop naturally and felt rushed at times. More importantly, I feel that the character that was being focused on (the main character) should have had more control over the direction of the story or perhaps, the characters who did control much of the story could have had more of the spotlight so I could have gotten to know them better as well. I could see this author writing some very interesting fiction and science fiction in the future and definitely see room for a lot more stories told within the world the author created. A rather interesting book with lots of potential, but I wish the book had reached more of that potential than it had. Definitely, a good effort, and I look forward to seeing this author write more. There are not many writers in the anthropomorphic animal fiction genre, and I appreciate all authors who make the effort to write fiction within this genre, as it is one of my favorites especially those that also fit within the realm of science fiction such as this book.
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Victernus Edge of Awareness Book 1 eBook Luke D Gonzalez Krystal O'Brien Reviews
Victernus (Edge of Awareness) (Volume 1)
Really entertaining. Sure didn't expect the ending though. A great read.
This book is oddly writen, and a lot of action happens quickly, however the story is powerful. It is strange, fun, yet there are depressing confusing moments too. It is worth the low price for such a thought prevoking work. Its been a couple days since i finished it and im still considering the ending.
This one was a miss for me. But I won't rate down just because it didn't resonate with me. That's not really fair.
I'm proud of the author for taking a leap and actually writing that story where most of us will never even try to follow those dreams of ours.
I really want to like this book. The overarching idea behind it is promising. However, pacing, character interaction and word flow are very choppy at best. The book seriously needs a good editor to streighten it out, and once/if that happens I'm sure it will make an excellent read.
To say the least book was quite a unique read. I'll break this review into a few categories and then sum it up. There is a tldr (summary) paragraph at the bottom.
Characters
Usually the characters of a book tend to be my favorite part of a book. Learning about new characters, and their lives and learning to understand and empathize with the hero and even the villain is often my favorite part. Namara was a very interesting character from the onset. One who would turn himself into a wolf to bring himself closer to understanding his concept of true happiness is quite a setup for a character. Very intriguing and it really made me wonder where he would take the story. What he would do? And herein lies a problem I had with this book. After Namara's initial bold decision, he basically makes hardly any decisions afterwards. This confused me, and it was disappointing. He is the one with the vision of what needs to be, and yet he is usually at the mercy of other characters. He is rarely the one making the plan or the one in command. In fact, he is often out of the loop. He does very little to drive the story forward. His friends drive most of the story, which would be ok if the story allowed me to get to know them, but it didn't. I barely understood them throughout the book. In fact, his friends made some of the most nonsensical decisions and Namara often just goes along with it, while I the reader am like, why would you go with that option, there were some better options that the characters themselves listed, and yet they went with the most ridiculous option without any explanation, and Namara just goes along with it with no questions asked. Throughout much of the story, the main character simply felt like a puppet of his friends, being manipulated. At a certain point, I even thought his friends had a conspiracy against him because they were making decisions and doing things that made so little sense that I felt there must be some ulterior motive behind what they are doing. In the end, there wasn't. In the end, Namara was largely led along by the story being pushed from one set of events to the next, through little to no fault or decision of his own. Much of it simply happened to him, and he just goes along with it all. Which is disappointing being that he seemed like a character with such potential. There is not a lot to say about the friends of Namara because they were hardly developed. The villain Lynn, was the next most developed character, and he was for the most part uninteresting. Basically, he seemed to be a villain for the sake of being evil. He seemed to have the hint of some underlying motives (perhaps a love for science, maybe it was greed that drove him), but they aren't developed or explained much, so it is a bit hard to say. Otherwise, the rest of the characters are quite bland or simply undeveloped due to little time being spent to get to know them. They mostly seemed to be mechanisms that were used to push the story along. Such as Theo who evidently is prepared for anything and everything, and could create any piece of technology he wanted on a moment's notice, and yet although being the Batman of science, he makes ridiculous mistakes such mixing up a crucially important syringe. This made the character Theo feel uncohesive as a character. It was hard to believe that a character such as this would still make a mistake like that, which makes him simply feel like a story mechanism created to enable the main character do the things required of him by the story. Not that I have an issue with characters being used as story mechanisms, but even such characters should be cohesive, believable characters, especially if they are going to be such a crucial and recurring character. In which case, I would hope to get to learn more about and understand recurring characters that are playing such a major part in the story. I felt that some of the characters started out interesting, but then they were simply not developed. I felt I understood the side characters very little by the end of the book, and I barely understood the main character either.
Story
There was a lot to it, and there was a lot going on, but it felt a bit rushed at times. The story seemed to jump around quite a bit from setting to setting. Not staying too long in one place or another. By the time I felt like I understood a setting, the story was already moving to a new setting. And this brings me to one of my main issues. The main character played very little role in driving the story forward. He made very few decisions, and did little more than follow the others characters ideas or simply go along with the course of events, usually responding rather than acting on his own prerogative. The story often felt like a series of events cause by his friends or plot mechanisms that the main character had little control over. In fact, many of the characters themselves felt like plot mechanisms simply put in place to move the story to the desired point. In addition, the story seemed to make use of a few too many deus ex machinas. There were multiple moments where the main character is saved from peril due to no effort on his own part but simply as a part of the sequence of events and action of other characters that he had little control over. I must say that the story did have some very interesting points, but they weren't really developed upon. My favorite part was the first few chapters. It hinted at so much potential. The world sounded so interesting, and it was interesting to learn more about it as the story went on. Overall, I was not impressed with the story, but I was definitely intrigued by its potential.
World Building
Now this aspect definitely caught my interest. The world/worlds the author built for this story were quite interesting. Most notably, the near future version of Earth. It was quite an interesting dystopian portrayal of a future Earth. I was quite intrigued and wanted more and more details. It was quite a satisfying world that clearly had detail throughout and had been quite thought out. Unfortunately, the setting changes so often that you barely get your feet wet before having to move to a new and totally different but still very interesting setting, but nonetheless, I wish more time was spent in the individual settings. The world definitely has some very good potential for the telling of some interesting stories, but the individual settings need to be fleshed out a bit more so the reader can get more than a superficial understanding and feel of it.
Overall (tldr)
The book portrays a setting with a lot of potential for future storytelling. In fact, one of the big issues is that the book left me wanting more. More story, more details, more understanding, more time in each setting, more time getting to know each of the characters. The story moved through the events and settings too quickly for me to get a good understanding of the settings and characters. If felt like they needed to be developed more. Most importantly, the characters needed more development. Some of the characters, especially the main character, had a lot of potential, and initially, I found them intriguing, and wanted to know more about them, but the details simply weren't provided despite there being ample opportunity to provide more details. The story also showed a lot of potential with so many elements that could have been developed further as part of the plot, but it needed more time to develop naturally and felt rushed at times. More importantly, I feel that the character that was being focused on (the main character) should have had more control over the direction of the story or perhaps, the characters who did control much of the story could have had more of the spotlight so I could have gotten to know them better as well. I could see this author writing some very interesting fiction and science fiction in the future and definitely see room for a lot more stories told within the world the author created. A rather interesting book with lots of potential, but I wish the book had reached more of that potential than it had. Definitely, a good effort, and I look forward to seeing this author write more. There are not many writers in the anthropomorphic animal fiction genre, and I appreciate all authors who make the effort to write fiction within this genre, as it is one of my favorites especially those that also fit within the realm of science fiction such as this book.
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